Music is a valuable and enriching part of the curriculum open to all students regardless of other academic ability or physical difficulties.

All of the children at Queen Eleanor Primary School are fortunate to have music lessons within the timetable where they follow the National Curriculum: listening to, appraising, composing and performing music together. The children experience many types of music from different cultures and historic periods.
 

Small group tuition	Brass players blowing out the cobwebs!

Small group tuition

Children from year 3 have external peripatetic tuition in Dalcroze, which promotes an understanding of music through movement. Devised by Jaques Dalcroze in the 1890’s it encourages the whole body to experience rhythm and feel music. This will benefit the children in learning performing skills and build confidence for all lessons.

Older children have access to free tuition in recorder, violin, cello and brass. These are all enjoyed and the children regularly perform within the school.

The children learn to sing group songs, in rounds and have the opportunity to perform at Milton Keynes Theatre each year in the Music Festival.

There is a school choir, which meets out of school hours and all children are welcome to join the choir in Key stage 2. The choir learn a variety of songs and have had the chance to sing in the Milton Keynes Carol Competition and also entertain the public in Middleton Hall during the Christmas shopping period.

The school has just acquired a small collection of keyboards thanks to the Tesco Computer For Schools voucher scheme. These will be used to enhance both the curriculum lessons and after school musical activities.